Aspergillus and Mucormycosis MCQ — NEET PG Practice Question | NEETPGAI
Aspergillus and Mucormycosis
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A 42-year-old woman with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing intensive chemotherapy (absolute neutrophil count 80/μL) presents with persistent fever unresponsive to broad-spectrum antibiotics for 7 days. She develops a new productive cough with hemoptysis and pleuritic chest pain. Chest X-ray shows a wedge-shaped consolidation with a surrounding halo of ground-glass opacity. High-resolution CT confirms the halo sign. Sputum culture grows Aspergillus fumigatus. What is the most likely diagnosis?
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